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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
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Verse 21. He that begetteth a fool, begetteth him to his own sorrow: and the father of a fool shall have no joy.
Verse 21. He that begetteth a foole, begetteth him to his owne sorrow: and the father of a foole shall haue no ioy.
HE that begetteth a fool] The parents of those children which are destitute of wisdom and grace, [begetteth him to his own sorrow] procure to themselves matter of grief in the very generation of an ungracious seed: but feel the bitterness of it when they find the frowardness and rebellion, and (it may be) the misery and evil end of such sinful sons: [and the father of a fool shall have no joy] His meaning is not, that they which have wicked children are without all comfort: for then the best men, as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, and other excellent persons, should have been altogether comfortless, having godless sons as well as godly: but ⟨p. 151⟩they can have no rejoicing in such a wicked progeny, so long as they continue in their impiety and folly. See Chap. 10. verse 1.
HE that begetteth a foole] The parents of those children which are destitute of wisdome and grace, [begetteth him to his owne sorrow] procure to themselues matter of griefe in the very generation of an vngracious seed: but feele the bitternesse of it when they finde the frowardnesse and rebellion, and (it may be) the miserie and euill end of such sinfull sons: [and the father of a foole shall haue no ioy] His meaning is not, that they which haue wicked children are without all comfort: for then the best men, as Abraham, Isaac, Iacob, Dauid, and other excellent persons, should haue beene altogether comfortlesse, hauing godlesse sonnes as well as godly: but